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Submitted to Contest #337
Janae Avery had tuned in to the rhythm of Ventura Boulevard out in southern California in the way some people acknowledged a clock ticking in a quiet room—by hearing without trying. As the morning dawned, the boulevard exhaled: delivery trucks backing up, commuters inching east toward the interstate, the hiss of bus doors opening and closing, businesses opening up, and the occasional indecipherable voice drifting on the wind - sometimes, a conversation; sometimes, random laughter. By afternoon, the street held its breath, with heat waves shi...
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